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re: History Nerds: The most decisive battle fought since the year 1800?
Posted on 6/29/20 at 3:31 pm to theGarnetWay
Posted on 6/29/20 at 3:31 pm to theGarnetWay
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Well if you're including this one Gettysburg in there too.
I didn't include Gettysburg because, while it was Lee's worst battlefield defeat of the entire war, strategically it did little to move the needle in the conflict. Lee lost a lot but his army was still formidable, battle-hardened, and ready to go for another round. His army scored tactical victories against the Army of the Potomac at Mine Run, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, and Cold Harbor in the ensuing campaigns against his army.
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Posted on 6/29/20 at 4:24 pm to RollTide1987
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didn't include Gettysburg because, while it was Lee's worst battlefield defeat of the entire war, strategically it did little to move the needle in the conflict.
Unless the South would have won. Then it moves the needle quite a bit
Posted on 6/29/20 at 4:37 pm to RollTide1987
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strategically it did little to move the needle in the conflict.
What? The Confederate invasion was permanently halted and its Army's lost any offensive ability that it had for the remainder of the war. Sure, the Confederate Army still remained a potent force and inflicted a lot of casualties on the Union over the next 2 years but to act like this wasn't a big game changer in the conflict is absurd. Tell me, do you think the Civil War has the same result if the Confederacy wins that battle? Lord knows some of the writers of the 'Lost Cause' seem to think so.
This post was edited on 6/29/20 at 4:39 pm
Posted on 6/29/20 at 4:41 pm to RollTide1987
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I didn't include Gettysburg because, while it was Lee's worst battlefield defeat of the entire war, strategically it did little to move the needle in the conflict. Lee lost a lot but his army was still formidable, battle-hardened, and ready to go for another round. His army scored tactical victories against the Army of the Potomac at Mine Run, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, and Cold Harbor in the ensuing campaigns against his army.
But a Confederate win and then what?
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